This bill establishes new regulations for electric public utilities in New Jersey regarding billing practices during service interruptions. Specifically, it prohibits these utilities from charging customers for electricity usage during any service interruption and mandates that for each billing cycle affected by such interruptions, the utilities must proportionately reduce any fixed charges on the customer's bill that are not linked to electricity usage. The definition of a service interruption is clarified as the cessation of electric service to a customer.

Additionally, the bill requires electric public utilities to repair damaged or defective street lights within 10 business days of receiving notice of the issue. Until the repairs are completed, the utilities are not allowed to charge customers for the electricity usage or any fixed charges associated with those street lights. This legislation aims to protect consumers from being billed during outages and ensure timely maintenance of public lighting infrastructure.